Klamath

Early last week, we were waiting patiently for the fall run of king salmon to begin their migration upriver. Well, the wait is over. The...

Caution: Blue Green Algae has been detected in the Lower Klamath River and contact with water is not advised. Samples in the South Slough located in the Estuary of the River and near the confluence of Tulley Creek and the Klamath River recently detected low levels of toxic algae.

Flowers blooming near the mouth of the Klamath River

Warning: (2016-11-07) Recreational anglers should avoid consuming the viscera (internal organs, also known as “butter” or “guts”) of dungeness crab

On the upper Klamath River

Declining after years elevated.

Observers note that the western tree frogs are singing earlier then usual this year, perhaps taking advantage of a break in the drought.

Causing muted tidal influence

Less than two months after the removal of dams restored a free-flowing Klamath River, salmon have made their way upstream to begin spawning and have been spotted in Oregon for the first time in more than a century.

Federal regulators have approved a plan to demolish four Klamath River dams, a historic act that is intended to save imperiled salmon. “The Klamath salmon are coming home,” Yurok Tribe Chairman Joseph James said in a statement. “The people have earned this victory and with it, we carry on our sacred duty to the fish that have sustained our people since the beginning of time.”